Dear Friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community,
Laudetur Iesus Christus! Greetings.
From the Propers of the 4th Sunday after Easter:
INTROIT Ps. 97:1, 2 Sing to the Lord a new canticle, alleluia! For the Lord has done wondrous deeds, alleluia! He has revealed His justice in the sight of the nations, alleluia, alleluia! Ps. 97:1. His right hand has won him victory, and his holy arm has brought salvation. V. Glory be . . .
COLLECT O God, in whom all the faithful are united in one mind, let Your people everywhere love Your commandments and yearn for Your promises, so that, even amid the changes of this world, their hearts may always be fixed upon the true happiness of heaven. Through Our Lord . . .
Please see the attached schedules of Latin Masses for the Charlotte area:
Dear Friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community,
Laudetur Iesus Christus! Note that this email includes a calendar of scheduled Latin Masses through the Easter Triduum and Easter Sunday as many families are making plans. As noted, there are no diocesan Latin Masses during the Easter Triduum. The only option in the metro Charlotte area for celebrating the traditional Easter Triduum liturgies will be at St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX) in Mount Holly. Also note that the SSPX Holy Week liturgies use the 1962 Missal and not the “Pre-1955” liturgies which we had here in Charlotte a few years ago.
1. The Week of March 14-17 (Passion Sunday):
2. The Week of March 18-24 (Palm Sunday):
3. The Week of March 25-31 (Easter Triduum & Easter Sunday):
4. The Certamen Project Documentary with Bishop Athanasius Schneider (HT to Dr. Peter Kwasniewski): The Certamen Project in Germany is doing amazing work, and they have many great videos available with English subtitles. You might remember their series last year with Bp. Vitus Huonder. They now have released a new 9-part series of videos with Bishop Schneider. Each video is only a few minutes in length, total run time for all 9-parts is just over 20 minutes.
About: What does it mean to be Catholic? Why is it worth standing up and fighting for the Catholic faith? We regularly provide you with Catholic treasures from tradition and church that our grandparents already knew, lived and loved. It is good that we speak of unchanging truths that find their most beautiful, most venerable and most expressive form on earth in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, so that we can and must live the Catholic faith today and pass it on to the future.
Dear Friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community,
Laudetur Iesus Christus! Please note that next Sunday is Daylight Saving Time, so adjust your clocks accordingly.
1. Attached are the Traditional Latin Mass schedules for the Charlotte Area:
Note that since Diocesan websites no longer list Latin Mass times, if you have any questions on these Mass times, please call the parish offices.
2. Attached is the recording of the address given by Bishop Bernard Fellay, SSPX in Charlotte on Sunday, February 25, 2024. His Excellency, Bernard Fellay, is a Swiss bishop of the Society of St. Pius X who served as Superior General from 1994 to 2018. In this address, Bishop Fellay gives a long-arc summation of the history of the crisis in the Church. It is a profound address and worth the time to listen. https://youtu.be/u9X3BgzhmG4?si=tp3jVNSOajwT1TnK
3. Mass of the Ages: Guardians of Tradition: Mark your calendars that the third installment of the trilogy, Mass of the Ages: Guardians of Tradition will be released on March 19. Stay tuned to their website for updates and trailers.
About Us: The Charlotte Latin Mass Community, (CLMC) is a private association of the faithful as defined by Canon Law (Can. 299 §1 and Can. 215). We are Catholic faithful in the Charlotte area who strive in a common endeavor to pass down the unchangeable traditional Catholic Faith to our children and to worship through the traditional Latin Rite liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. We subject ourselves in full docility to the authentic authority of our Bishop, His Excellency Peter Jugis, and the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
Bishop Jugis and Pope Francis have no better friend in the world than the traditional Catholic who prays and sacrifices daily for their eternal salvation. They have no servant more loyal nor subject more obedient than the traditional Catholic who, ignoring modern novelties, remains constant in tradition; worshiping God through the full liturgical patrimony of the Church; and ordering their lives according to her traditional teachings.
Attached is the recording of the address given by Bishop Bernard Fellay in Charlotte on Sunday, February 25, 2024. This is a profound address and worth the time to listen. His Excellency, Bernard Fellay, is a Swiss bishop of the Society of St. Pius X who served as Superior General from 1994 to 2018. In this address, Bishop Fellay gives a long-arc summation of the history of the crisis in the Church.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, SSPX Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Mount Holly, North Carolina Sunday February 25th, 2024
Dear Friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community,
Laudetur Iesus Christus! Attached below are the upcoming Latin Mass Schedules for the remainder of this week which include a First Friday, First Saturday, and the Third Sunday in Lent.
Traditional Lenten Mission: Please note the special grace that we have a Traditional Lenten Mission this year offered by the Redemptorist Father Alphonsus Maria Krutsinger, CSsR. It has been several years since we have had a Lenten Mission in the Charlotte area. This is a great gift that will aid us in deepening the purgation of our Lenten sacrifices. We are passing along a few other notes about this Lenten Mission. — The Mission is cumulative in nature, and that there will be an added benefit to attending the entire program from start to finish. — When Father hears general confessions, he will hear confessions until the last person no matter how long this takes. — Light snacks will be served downstairs after the 6:45p Mass with Sermon 1, and before Sermon 2 at 8:00p. — Saturday Potluck at noon. Please bring a dish to share. — Babysitting is available (children ages 3-10). FAMILIES MUST SIGN UP [stanthonymtholly@gmail.com]; NO DROP OFFS. Limited to 30 children. — For more information about the Lenten Mission email [saintanthonycommunications@gmail.com]
Other noteworthy updates: 1. All Diocesan Latin Masses scheduled to end on October 2, 2025. Many may have read the December 26, 2023 Catholic News Herald article about changes to the Traditional Latin Mass offerings by Bishop Jugis. In the weeks since this announcement, we have received several questions from people who remain confused. We encourage people to read the article carefully and to direct their questions to the chancery as our opinions are not authoritative. We note below a few points from the Bishops announcement that seem to have been confused, evidenced by the questions we have received. — This is the Bishops stated goal: In the fifth paragraph of the Bishops announcement, it reads: “…the bishop’s stated goal of a ‘smooth and orderly transition to the new course charted by ‘Traditionis Custodes’…”. — The end date has been scheduled: The permission for the four remaining diocesan offered Latin Masses only lasts until Thursday, October 2, 2025. We note that this is the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels. Please set your prayer intentions accordingly. — Extensions will have to be requested: After this date, parishes will have to ask for permission to continue. The Bishop of Charlotte may seek an extension from Rome. — Transition to the New Mass: Any requests for extensions must detail and describe the steps taken to lead the faithful to participate in the new Mass. This likely means that over the remaining 19 months, parishioners at Diocesan Latin Mass will probably be subjected to the “smooth and orderly transition” that Bishop Jugis announced. This might come in the form of modern translations, rubrics, & more homilies from the pulpit “catechizing” the faithful on the merits of the New Mass. This might be why the newly instituted St. Ann’s Latin Mass Ministry was recently rebranded to the Carolina Traditional Liturgy Society, to de-emphasize the Traditional Latin Mass in favor of “traditional liturgy”. — Extensions are unlikely: Some believe that future extensions will be a simple matter. We believe that is naive considering that to date, no other dispensation or extensions have been granted by Rome to any other dioceses. Time will tell, but as much as we hate saying so, it is prudent to now prepare for the worst. Noah didn’t wait for the rain before starting to build the arc.
2. Recording of Bishop Fellay’s talk: Many have asked if the talk given by Bishop Fellay (SSPX) was recorded. There was a recording made, and we will send out the link when it becomes available.
3. Traditional Easter Triduum: Please note that just as in 2022 & 2023, the only traditional Easter Triduum in the Charlotte area will be offered at the SSPX chapel, St. Anthony of Padua in Mount Holly. More updates on that schedule are forthcoming. [Can I attend SSPX Mass? https://charlottelatinmass.org/what-about-the-sspx/].
Dear Friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community, Laudetur Iesus Christus! We would like to start today by renewing our recommendation of the publication, Benedictus, the Traditional Mass Companion, published by Sophia Institute Press with propers for daily & Sunday Latin Mass. This publication uses translations from the Latin-English missal of Fr. Francis Xavier Lasance (1937). If you aren’t currently a subscriber and are in need of a missal, we recommend it (individual subscription is ~$5 per month). Current subscribers may have noticed the wonderful Lenten greeting written by the publisher in the opening pages of the February edition: “Wishing our readers a most purgative and fruitful journey in the desert of these forty days with Our Lord…”.
1. Ember Days of Lent: This week is the Ember Days of Lent. What are Ember Days? Ember Days are three days (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) that are set apart in each of the four seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, & Winter) for fasting, abstinence and prayer. The Church tied the Ember Days to the seasonal cycles of farming and harvesting, to render thanks to God for the gifts of Creation and to ask His help in using them well. Here is a good article from Fish Eaters on Ember Day traditions.
2. Charlotte Latin Mass Schedule for the Coming Week:
Note: Pontifical Sung Mass with Bishop Fellay: Sunday, February 25th: As previously announced, there will be a Pontifical Sung Mass offered by Bishop Bernard Fellay (SSPX) at St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX). The schedule is as follows: — 10:00a: Pontifical Sung Mass — 11:45a: Reception for Bishop Fellay — 12:30p: Talk by Bishop Fellay For more information, email: SaintAnthonyCommunications@gmail.com. ** Nota Bene: Article by Father Z: What Makes a Mass ‘Pontifical’
Questions we have received regarding the upcoming Pontifical Mass: Q1. Is this Mass properly called a “Pontifical Mass”? Firstly, note that our CLMC email group is run by volunteer laymen. We do our best to use accurate terms, but we do not claim any authority. One can consider our wording to be informal and unofficial.
We have received answers to this question from liturgical academics; and even they differ slightly. If we didn’t live in an era of liturgical chaos the most proper Pontifical liturgy would be a full Solemn Pontifical Mass attended by an assistant priest, deacon, and subdeacon. The Mass with His Excellency, Bishop Fellay, will technically be a private Mass with sung propers offered by a bishop in a private chapel, where there may not be sufficient space for all the appropriate ministers and servers needed for a Solemn Pontifical Mass. As such, we are loosely referring to this as a Pontifical Mass. If any of this is incorrect… Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
Q2. Should one genuflect when Bishop Fellay processes? No. Our understanding is that it is only proper to genuflect to one’s ordinary, which in our case is Bishop Jugis. Bishops of the SSPX are not ordinaries, they have no territorial jurisdiction.
3. Traditional Lenten Mission: Friday, March 1st to Sunday, March 3rd: Traditional Lenten Mission: Father Alphonsus Maria Krutsinger, CSsR, will be preaching a traditional Redemptorist Lenten Mission at St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX) to assist with Lenten spiritual observances. The schedule is as follows:
Friday, March 1st – First Friday — 6:00 pm Confessions — 6:30 pm Opening Ceremony — 6:45 pm Mass with Sermon 1: Salvation — 8:00 pm Sermon 2: How to Make a Good Confession
Saturday, March 2nd – First Saturday — 9:00 am General Confessions — 9:30 am Commandments 1-3 — 10:00 am Devotions in honor of St. Gerard Majella for mothers and children — 10:30 am Mass with Sermon 3: Hell — 11:30 am Commandments 4 – 6, & 9 — 12:00 pm Potluck — 1:00 pm Commandments 7- 8; Sermon 4: Mercy of God — 2:00 pm Rosary and General Confessions — 3:00 pm Sermon 5: Resolutions; Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help — 4:00 pm Holy Hour and General Confessions (until finished)
Sunday, March 3rd – Third Sunday of Lent — 7:30 am Confessions — 8:00 am Mass with Sermon 6: Devotion to Mary — 9:15 am Confessions — 10:00 am Mass with Sermon 6: Devotion to Mary; — Following Mass: Benediction and Closing Ceremony of Mission
Wishing our readers a most purgative and fruitful journey in the desert of these forty days with Our Lord. (Words taken from the February edition of Benedictus)
Also in the reading file, subscribers to Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, will have already been treated to a recently reposted article of his from OnePeterFive, titled: Why I Couldn’t Go Back … to the Novus Ordo.
1. Schedule Updates for the 1st Sunday of Lent:
2. Pontifical Sung Mass with Bishop Fellay: Sunday, February 25th: As previously announced, there will be a Pontifical Sung Mass offered by Bishop Bernard Fellay (SSPX) at St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX).
The schedule is as follows: — 10:00a: Pontifical Sung Mass — 11:45a: Reception for Bishop Fellay — 12:30p: Remarks by Bishop Fellay For more information, email: SaintAnthonyCommunications@gmail.com. ** Nota Bene: Article by Father Z: What Makes a Mass ‘Pontifical’
3. Traditional Lenten Mission: Friday, March 1st to Sunday, March 3rd: Traditional Lenten Mission: Father Alphonsus Maria Krutsinger, CSsR, will be preaching a traditional Redemptorist Lenten Mission at St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX) to assist with Lenten spiritual observances. The schedule is as follows:
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 – FIRST FRIDAY — 6:00 pm Confessions — 6:30 pm Opening Ceremony — 6:45 pm Mass with Sermon 1: Salvation — 8:00 pm Sermon 2: How to Make a Good Confession
SATURDAY, MARCH 2 – FIRST SATURDAY — 9:00 am General Confessions — 9:30 am Commandments 1-3 — 10:00 am Devotions in honor of St. Gerard Majella for mothers and children — 10:30 am Mass with Sermon 3: Hell — 11:30 am Commandments 4 – 6, & 9 — 12:00 pm Potluck — 1:00 pm Commandments 7- 8; Sermon 4: Mercy of God — 2:00 pm Rosary and General Confessions — 3:00 pm Sermon 5: Resolutions; Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help — 4:00 pm Holy Hour and General Confessions (until finished)
SUNDAY, MARCH 3 – THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT — 7:30 am Confessions — 8:00 am Mass with Sermon 6: Devotion to Mary — 9:15 am Confessions — 10:00 am Mass with Sermon 6: Devotion to Mary; — Following Mass: Benediction and Closing Ceremony of Mission
Dear Friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community,
Laudetur Iesus Christus! More details to follow, but His Excellency, Bishop Bernard Fellay (SSPX) will be visiting St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church (SSPX) in the Charlotte area on February 24 & 25, with a Pontifical Sung Mass on Sunday February 25th at 10:00 am. There may also be a reception or talk being planned. For more information, send email to: SaintAnthonyCommunications@gmail.com.
Back to the Catacombs! We are sad to report that websites and bulletins for Diocesan Parishes run by the Diocese of Charlotte are now prohibited from having any mention of Latin Mass times or activities. Mass times will now be only be found by word of mouth sites like the Charlotte Latin Mass Community. Back to the catacombs we go!
Introit: Hail, holy Mother, who in childbirth brought forth the King Who rules heaven and earth world without end.
Commemoration of SAINT BLAISE
Blaise, a physician in Armenia, perceived that the ills of the soul are infinitely more grievious than those of the body. He was ordained a priest and later appointed bishop, but God permitted this healer of souls to retain the power of healing bodies. St. Blaise became known far and wide for his miraculous cures, and he is still invoked for protection against diseases of the throat. He was martyred in 316, during a persecution under Emperor Licinius.
O God, who gladdens us each year by the feast of Your blessed martyr bishop Blaise, mercifully grant that we who celebrate his birthday may also enjoy his protection.
Charlotte Latin Mass Community 